With the flu making the rounds, it’s a good time to look at different ways to express feeling under the weather in English. Whether you’re down with the flu or just feeling a bit off, knowing these expressions can help you communicate your situation more effectively. Let’s move on and use other expressions other than I’m sick or I don’t feel well, which are OK, too. The point is having more options when expressing yourself in English.

Common Expressions and Idioms:

• I’m under the weather: A classic way to say you’re not feeling well.
• I’ve caught a bug: This means you’ve picked up a minor illness, usually a cold or flu.
• I’m feeling run-down: When you’re not necessarily sick, but you’re not at your best either.

Phrasal Verbs for Illness:

• Come down with something: To start showing symptoms of an illness. For example, I think I’ve come down with the flu.
• Get over: Used to describe recovering from an illness –>It took me a week to get over my cold.

Idioms for Specific Situations:

• Sick as a dog: To be very ill.
• Out of sorts: To feel slightly unwell or not like your usual self.

Transform the sentences below

1. James is really ill with the flu.
   • James is . . . . . . . . . . .
2. I started feeling sick yesterday.
   • I . . . . . . . . . . yesterday.
3. Nerea finally recovered from her cold.
   • Nerea finally . . . . . . . . . . her cold.

Let me know in class!